“I hate it when RSS scrapers steal my content” – Thord Daniel Hedengren Yes – crediting the source is polite. I make a point of linking back and crediting, and expect the same those of you that find what I write interesting. That said, spammers are inherently rude. They don’t change their ways when asked …
Category Archives: General
An Optimistic End to a Rough Day
It’s pushing midnight. I’m reading Tom Peters’ Re-Imagine and listening to ‘Above the Law’ by N.W.A. and Limp Bizkit’s cover of ‘Faith’. Here’s to tomorrow.
Solving Math Through Podcasting
With apologies to all the godcasters, the “Nine Wives” episode of Numb3rs uses a religious leader’s podcast to track him down. I can’t believe how many times I heard the word “podcast” used in bad dialog….and this is after I was baffled why they didn’t have an iPod in the Prius. Crazy TV.
Gang of One
“We use words to helps us group people efficiently, but sometimes the grouping loses sight of the individual in the groups” – Liz Strauss
Niche like a Weather Forecast
Eric Rice asks about the relationship between niche information and income levels. At first glance, I don’t think there’s a relationship. Everything is niche. I trust people all along the income scale are looking for very relevant information. Though, it could be I live so far down the tail, that I doubt the existence of …
Tell Me When It’s Over
“In my experience, until the feature is done, it’s quite difficult to predict when it will be done…” – Johanna Rothman
95% Spiderman
“You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.” – The Superhero Personality Quiz
Person of the Year….Me
Splitting the Difference
“The hope for my news goes like this: if there’s a war going on, it should be the top story every single day. It should be the top story until it stops, and even then some more afterwards.” – Ben Tesch Last time I checked, I was subscribed to 350 RSS feeds. None of them …
Minimum Purchases Violate Credit Card Merchant Agreements
“Always honor valid Visa cards, in your acceptance category, regardless of the dollar amount of the purchase. Imposing minimum or maximum purchase amounts is a violation.” As always, thanks go to Consumerist.com. The excuse I hear for this behavior is the credit card’s transaction costs (~3-5% of the transaction + a few pennies per transaction …
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